Turned into a pattern by moderator puffery.

Right-wing media eagerly spread absurd claim that Obama plans to "ban sport fishing"

Following the lead of an ESPNOutdoors.com opinion writer, who provided no evidence for his claim that a federal strategy "could prohibit U.S.

Rasmussen flooding the zone

Those are radically different numbers, in three governors races that haven't been extensively polled.

Thin-skinned Chief Justice didn't like criticism of campaign finance decision

John Roberts has a very thin skin. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is peeved that the President criticized the Supreme Court's campaign finance decision during the State of the Union:

Breaking News: Costa Rican Legislature convenes emergency session to ban Limbaugh

Country united in not wanting right wing hatemonger; OAS sends out advisory calling for similar action

34 Of 41 Senate Republicans Supported Passing Major Domestic Policy Legislation Through Reconciliation

As the outlook on passage of health reform improves, Republicans have shifted to a new obstructionist strategy: attacking the process of reconciliation. Republicans claim that reconciliation was only intended to be used for bills dealing closely with the budget.

Marco Rubio Helpfully Illustrates the Vapidity of Today's Republican Party

It's pretty clear Marco Rubio is going to be the Republican candidate for US Senate in Florida.

Majority rule lost in senate rules scheming

Ask a kid who just took civics how a bill becomes a law and she'll explain that Congress takes a vote and, if a majority supports the bill, the bill goes to the president. That's what we teach in textbooks, but it's not what we practice in Washington.

Patriotic myths strip history's complexity

Now that signs are starting to appear on utility polls summoning the Tea Party to its annual IRS protest, I find myself mulling creation myths like those surrounding the Boston Tea Party and the settling of the West.

E.J. Dionne Knocks Down Orrin Hatch's Talking Points on Reconciliation

On Meet the Press, E.J. Dionne and Orrin Hatch continue their argument that started on the op-ed pages of the Washington Post. More on that from Steve Benen:

Hope-America-Fails Republicans' terrified of positive jobs news

Friday's unemployment numbers were nothing to write to mom about, but they will create fear in the hearts of Republicans who hope America fails because they desperately want President Obama to fail.

Doesn't It Seem Like Every Week Some Republican @!$%# Gets Caught Sending a Racist Email?

"I don't care who you are, … this is funny." Thus began an e-mail that Walt Baker, CEO of the Tennessee Hospitality Association, sent to to a few friends, the president of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau, and several members of the press.

Catholic Bishops Want To Change Senate Rules To Restrict Choice In Health Care

The Roman Catholic bishops signaled Thursday that if agreement is reached with House leaders on anti-abortion language, the church would work to get the votes needed to protect the provisions in the Senate — and thereby advance the shared goal with Democrats of health care refo …

Climate Change Scepticism: A Carefully Crafted Political Ploy

Recent media coverage of climate change scepticism and so called controversy within the scientific community is carefully crafted political opportunism. And it has been effective at altering public perceptions about climate change.

NY Times publishes op-ed with DADT "cohesion" falsehood that Times itself has debunked

The New York Times published an op-ed by former Air Force Chief of Staff Merrill McPeak falsely claiming that "proponents of allowing gays to serve openly have largely avoided discussion of unit cohesion." In fact, numerous studies have considered and debunked the unit cohesion m …

Block That Bill! A History Of The Filibuster

The filibuster has long been part of our political fabric. Early on, both senators and House members had the ability to filibuster, but the word itself didn't get popular until the mid 1850s.

Republicans Now Even Block Judges They Like

The Senate GOP is blocking the confirmation of even those Obama judicial nominations that Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee supported unanimously.

After Supporting Medicare Cuts Through Reconciliation, Maverick McCain Now Opposes Them

Last night, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) introduced legislation preventing Democrats from using reconciliation to change Medicare spending.

Insurers Set To Raise Prices, Walk Away From Consumers: Goldman Report

The market concentration for health insurance is so monopolized in some areas that insurance companies are willing to raise prices and lose customers in an effort to improve their bottom line, a leading insurance broker told Wall Street analysts on Wednesday

Climate Change Legislation Isn't Dead — A New Bill Is Coming

Climate legislation is returning to the Senate's docket, and leaders on Capitol Hill are hoping that this version, a compromise bill spearheaded by Sens.

GOP Lawmaker Demands Recall of Car That Drove Him to Gay Club

SACRAMENTO (The Borowitz Report) – Anti-gay California State Sen. Roy Ashburn today demanded a sweeping recall of the vehicle that drove him to a gay nightclub this week.

Early Morning Swim: Rachel Maddow on Bart Stupak's Hijacking of Health Care Bill

Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak (D) threatened Thursday to block health care reform (again) because it might allow federal money to subsidize abortion.

Is Taxpayer Money Being Funneled Through The Chamber Of Commerce To Kill Health Reform?

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an umbrella lobbying organization for international corporations and big business, is one of the driving forces fighting to kill health reform.

Mississippi: More Abstinence Education Proposed for the State With the Highest Teen Pregnancy Rates

Mississippi is the state with the highest teen pregnancy rate in the country. It has rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis among youth practically twice that of the national average.

Exposing the lies of Orrin Hatch and his fellow GOPers

Yesterday, the ever sanctimonious Republican Senator from Utah, Orrin Hatch, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post trashing the use of reconciliation. But, as is typical with most GOPers, Hatch left out some key facts, including how often the Republicans used reconciliation.

Roger Ailes Admits That The White House Might Have 'Legitimate Complaints' About Fox News

Last September, President Obama appeared on five Sunday morning talk shows in one day to promote health care reform, but did not sit down with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace — a snub that was considered "the first real shot from the White House" in its clash with Fox Ne …

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puffery is extended into an exaggeration that is obviously untrue

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